Latest Tornadoes News

Texas police officer dies after being injured when a tornado struck his home

May. 04, 2024 12:51 PM EDT

CONROE, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer has died of injuries he suffered when a tornado struck his home, according to the Conroe Police Department. The department announced Friday on social media that Lt. James Waller, a 22-year veteran of the Conroe Police Department, died at...

A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn't stopping the presses

May. 03, 2024 00:24 AM EDT

SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — When Oklahoma and national officials held a press conference Monday to discuss the scale of devastation following tornadoes two days earlier, Kathy John did what she always does: She showed up to report on it for the town’s weekly newspaper, the Sulphur Times-Democrat. ...

1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas

May. 01, 2024 05:55 AM EDT

WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about...

FEMA administrator surveys Oklahoma tornado damage with the state's governor and US senator.

Apr. 30, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

A Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator said Tuesday that “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell joined Gov. Kevin Stitt and Sen. James Lankford in surveying the...

Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms

Apr. 29, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — When a monster nighttime tornado came roaring into the southern Oklahoma town of Sulphur, Sheila Hilliard Goodman, a grandmother and casino worker, hunkered down inside Raina's Sport Lounge with about 30 other customers in the popular downtown hangout. The...

Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power

Apr. 28, 2024 21:46 PM EDT

SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 people across the state. More...

Aerial photos show wide devastation left by a deadly tornado in China's Guangzhou

Apr. 28, 2024 20:28 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media on Sunday showed wide devastation in part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens others and damaging more than 140 buildings. As businesses and...

A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou

Apr. 27, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — A tornado struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings, state media said. The China Meteorological Administration said the tornado struck about 3 p.m. in the Baiyun district of Guangzhou,...

Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Nebraska and Iowa

Apr. 28, 2024 00:09 AM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. Dozens of reported tornadoes...

Midwest tornadoes flatten homes in Nebraska suburbs and leave trails of damage in Iowa

Apr. 26, 2024 22:33 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as it tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Some injuries were reported but there were no immediate reports that anyone was killed. ...